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World Cinema: Private Road

on BBC Two England

starring Bruce Robinson, Susan Penhaligon

Following the success of his first film "Bronco Bullfrog", which dealt with the problems of London's young East-enders, Barney Platts-Mills turned to the young middle-class in this his second film, a deceptively simple love story.

Ann Halpern, a secretary in a literary agency, meets Peter Morissey, an aspiring young author, and invites him to her family home in Esher. Peter takes a dislike to her conventional, middle-class parents, and later Ann leaves home to live with him. But the social pressures on both of them are great and compromise is often the easy way out...

(This Week's Films: page 9)
(Colour)

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew St John
Writer/Director:
Barney Platts-Mills
Ann Halpern:
Susan Penhaligon
Peter Morissey:
Bruce Robinson
Stephen:
Michael Feast
Henry:
George Fenton
Mr Halpern:
Robert Brown
Mrs Halpern:
Kathleen Byron
Erica Talbot:
Patricia Cutts
Alex Marvel:
Trevor Adams

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